Thirst Speech In National League
Hade Behind
r '.Locked Doors
JiullMTt Wanted to Keep
jCrowd Out l>ul Same lime
vTakinp No (Iliiiiirc* on
JliwiderH Gelling Away.
ytn? tatat-teu >ii>M t 1*81 will hr lUr Ufn
?h M4? dt liar JUllMMl l<racUi-. In nuna
MBIWm <d thl* tnnliftxri. ?ti. ti Will I* SUM*
V fVmMlard tinriM thr -?*? b* lb*
Im-?4. ?rf ha* ball J<*t> II. ?Wrr. fort
rfb?t mnini't ri?nt Ud tkr iAm. U ?rt? ins a
?feiarlaM* wrlr* ot ?rtnI? al?u< th? Xat??al
ur T*"r artlrira will iWl ?Kb th? kl?
??/ (ta* |iasu* bihI It. lniaOrn ami !.???
hiMHr<l tO uftamt- U: rt?p #r?i trmo.. c?
|ra<w: Ilir 13 tinlft l?ta)rr? i* Ilir ????'?<;
n*? trading pltrbrr*; II* ?It ft"*' laia.^?
?a??; It? prllral (adr?; It? fall) "(uit'
MjMuhlW ami thr <lrvrl?l>mrnt of Ifcr nil?-? I
Bjr JOHN B. FOSTER
*; K\*?*r.?til 1?1?. tor Tti. A4*a*?>
? To the permament organisation
??eetlug or the National Leagu??,
$hlch were held In Now York Cl
fj^, William A. Hulbert seut lnvl-1
tatlons to (J. W. Thompsou of the,
Athletics of Philadelphia; N. T.
Appolonlo, Boston; M. O. Bulke-|
&y, Hartford, and W. H. Cain-1
Meyer, Brooklyn, the latter belli*
a't th? head of the New York Mi'*
twain. Each Invitation called for
?i different hour of arrival at th?
h*>t?L On February 2 Hulbert,
present to receive hi* KUests.
^hen all had arrived to their as
?nlshment, he went to the door
his room, locked it, put the
fry In his pocket and, turning; to
"lie open-eyed men who confront-1
him, spoke as follows:
'Gentlemen, you have no occa-J
^on for uneasiness. I have
lacked that door to keep th?*
crowd out. Incidentally I prefer i
to have all of you remain until I
din through. That is a second rea
?pt^yvhy I locked It. What I liov??
to say to you will take about an
?our and I wish all of you to be
present until I am finished."
Tne KU?*sts of the Chicago nipn
toughed a little when they had ro-|
ftbvered from the surprise whlcn
find been forced upon them and
Resumed the seats which they had
h?ft when they had seen Hulbert
h?ck the door. That was the first1
dbeech that the National League
fcyer heard, although at that tar
ocular moment It was still th?
Rational league in embryo. The
tfrganizatlon has held maipr meet-,
VI sine?- at which the doors were
?eked, not to keep tho members
Mi. but the other fellowB out.
* After Hulbert had gained the
Rtentton of the men present h?*
proceeded to outline what he had
m mind. He told them In plain
language that the gamblers had
ttifftame by the throat and that It
Yatf.time something wuk done to i
take the control of affairs from
t^w^players who had too much
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In this column.
| Question?Han any profession
al uulf player won tli?* national
j open more llian twice In sure? <
[?Ion. (2? Who have won It twice
t In succession?
Answer- 41 >. Yes. Willi?' An
ld?-rson. lie won it three limes in
succession. in (21
| Jack .Mel)?.-rinott in 1911 an?l
I 1912.
Was Mike Kelly as itood a ball
player an Ty Cobb?
Answt r - In his time he was in
nome respects. However tlier?
were ball players who were bet
ter than Kelley in Kelly's day.
The question nf superior ball pla)
ing Is almost always on?* of p? rs??
nal Judtnu tit ami the ratine of
ball players by those who never
saw the older players ph:v is n-?t
very much to be n lied upon. i
1 generation of infielders lias bee't;
'dead for a long time that wan su
perior to the present collectively..
Voice it. 'he proceedings of tie
old National Association. A;* it f
had been discovered that III?*'
players were the offend* rs Itn
frequ?*ntinu pool rooms and a*'
wafers hud been trae<-d without
luucti difficulty to players who
took part in gullies. it was not!
hard to couviuce tie* man who
heard him that a reformation in
the shape of a new league would
be the best thing that could hap-:
pen to baseball.
Hhe spoke of the abuse of **r?'
volvlng" which Is known iHttr as
contract jumpiug and said the
owners were fully as responsible
for that trouble as tin* players,
which was true. He InilitM t)M(
a new organization mould have to
take steps ai;aimt every practice
that savored uf dishonesty, or dis
honor. and that one of the things
which was absolutely n?-cessar>
was to protect clubs in the ri'-bts
of their players. He won his
audience and three was no op|K>si
tion to his proposition to breafi
away from old influences.
Little Fellows Give All ?
They've Got F or V ictory
I'oulliull Outfil> of Small?*!* tollies llsiv?* l.illlr or N?t
Ittwrvi* Slr?;i}zlli ami Kvi-ry Man on Ili?* 'IVain
l?fl* thai llr Mn-I l.a^t t Jul S?*n>??n
I!} I.AWKKNCK I'KltllY
(C?ltriO?t. IK I. B? Tilt
Nvw York. Ifcc. S. Just a few
words about tlii- lit 11?* fellow* in
fculhall- V* ?I of lin m Piiiain
from tli?> Ik -iniiiii^ or a *?*a*ou
to it k ?ml. Oilii-n through
blMt-r ?irlt ami ability overcoim
natural handicaps m.d flaali into
t!??? public ? }*?-.
llut whtln-r tiny cniitiic or re
unjn hidd? n. never foru? t Ilify
arr-taklnt; tli? ir hump* it ml niv
int: rv ry ounce of llioir .>ti? iiutii
ami ??I?ill in no lies decree than
tli?-Ii* lin-threii or more fatmm ?'
outfits, ami are contributing u*?|
less si; nally to tt)e cihhI of font
ball ami tin' rauM*> of manhood.
Wasl.lni.teii and Uv, on?' of
the siicillint Inatltlon* in Hi" j
Southern conftrn'tici', if not the;
MOialh'Kt, is entitled to raiikittK>
? lit* r>'UKon as h?roifd anione the!
conference eleven* and ?uie of the
fine eleven* of the country.
Jiiuiiiy Di'bart. the conch, ha*
no assistants, except a graduate
manever and one or two aluiiinl
wlio coach for not hint;. \V. and
L. is situated in a very finali town
with |?oor railroad facilities umi'
bus ii< ver b??eu abb- to make I
eni'ii'th money out of caims I
even to pay her coacln-? adequate!
salaries.
Washington and l.ee Is the onlv
important poIIpsv in the South
wliicli has no :u i?i ?t?11 of any:
church or stat" and there Is a
.1250 initiation fer f??r each stu
dent. Tln ri' w> r?* no Virginia boy*
?mi tlii' C ii'-rala eleveu this year
which indicate* they yo i-hc
wlo-re in" flu Stat? where tuition
la either fr?*e or uot *o costly. De
harl coachcd hit* tram tlir?T
months laxt sprlit?:. That In de
votion for you--on the i?art of
?conclt and players. Hut tin- work
told til is fall.
Tin h. Ct ntro, tin* Southern
champion, Centre has had 111?-r?*
than its s ha r<- of |uihllcity In re-1
cent years; rt hast tin- writer!
thought ho win 11 lie went to Dan'
vilto tin* other week. Hut, hon-,
CHlly, one cannot uiv? those Ken-1
tucky hoy^rnwcaniu-h credit. The,
collide has about 250 students,
ami just ?leven football players
who were qualified to face th?'
ered fioni tin- fact llutt one of his
sort of opposition the tram was
meeting from tin- bij. Southern
elevens tiiis season. Thore men
had to play In every Important
sanies. Guards . HIO pounds I
each. Tackh-s. 1 li'J and 177.
Center 17f> pounds.
Wlien t powerful Ceorgln
team 01? t th?- playing Colonels
last Saturday one of ihe Cv'titreI
tackh-s had a hroken foot; lie
crawled into position 011 his knees!
to nave it when the team was lln
Ini; up for defense or attark. Oth-|
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n d they had to lart out that
onci&'Katnc. every man Jack of
tin ui. And they did. And b? for?
tli ^amo, Cordy. one of the star
|ilay?ri*. offered a prayer that ev
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